I spent about a week this summer digging a “seep-away” near one of my basement trouble spots. Dug a big hole about 5 feet from the house and a trench down towards it, loaded with gravel. This should be a good test to see if it was worth it. (Well, I did get a tan & some exercise, so it shouldn’t be a total loss).
I hope you'll update us on how it works. We have a trouble area near our Bilco door. Hubby did some drainage work but it's not working as well as he'd hoped, and I think we'll need to do something more aggressive.
“I spent about a week this summer digging a “seep-away” near one of my basement trouble spots. Dug a big hole about 5 feet from the house and a trench down towards it, loaded with gravel. This should be a good test to see if it was worth it. (Well, I did get a tan & some exercise, so it shouldn’t be a total loss).”
Sounds like a big French drain. I had a problem area in our basement despite two sump pumps. I dug a 6’ deep hole and put ANOTHER sump pump in that outside the leak. We also seal the joint of the floor with hydraulic cement. Haven’t had a problem since.
So how did the seep-away do?